<p>how is todays vigil going for everyone? We are expecting snail mail, D is running to PO at 10 before mail truck goes out.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone. Keep us posted.</p>
<p>Owlice - I’m a firm believe in keeping options open - so you’re smart to have him take the tests. He probably won’t even have to study for the math or Latin exams. </p>
<p>Thanks for letting me know about the waitstaff - I’ll remember that for next time - maybe later today?</p>
<p>Looks like from one reach school’s board something might be in the mailbox today - D is at Disney with her jazz ensemble and texts us asking for reports. We won’t give her the rejection news she received (she won’t be too bummed about that anyway), but if today brings a rejection she may very well be uber-bummed…I’ll have her go to the British Pub at Epcot and down a few scotch eggs…</p>
<p>As to those gourmet M&M’s, I was a guinea pig for their development, some of the flavors that did NOT make the cut were so dreamy…love the raspberry ones! I am getting the custom picture M&Ms done of my D (baby pic and senior pic) for her 18th birthday/grad party</p>
<p>colmomto2 - CONGRATS!!! What great news!!!</p>
<p>DS was accepted to Duke and Northwestern. Rejected at UC Berkeley. Pretty excited, but muted by friends who got bad news…</p>
<p>Mystifying process.</p>
<p>He wasn’t likely to go to UCB, but I think it stings a little bit. Can I have some of those raspberry M&M’s?</p>
<p>crm86, DD was rejected by Duke yesterday which definitely stings. We had a few moments of venting and then INSTEAD of eating- she made me go to the gym and exercise with her. Hard to tell the rhyme and reason behind the admissions process but that said, congrats to your son! Have some M&M’s. A whole bag. I heard they’re calorie free!</p>
<p>Rachacha, how, oh how, does one get to be a guinea pig for M&M’s development? I think I would be interested in applying for that position. ;)</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who have received good news, and hugs for those who are dealing with disappointments.</p>
<p>Owlice, your idea of your son going ahead with the SAT IIs is a very wise one. Your son is not alone when it comes to dealing with those apps. Mine applied for some summer programs, and found writing the essays to be a big stumbling block. It took him FOREVER. Whether or not he’s accepted, it will have been a valuable experience to go through the process. I told him he’s ahead of the game by dealing with this now and getting experience. I know the majority of his friends won’t be tackling these essays till college app time rolls around. </p>
<p>crm86, your son has some great schools. Congratulations! Wow, colmomto2, what great news!</p>
<p>sabaray, I just saw your post. Your d sounds like she has very wonderful coping skills that will serve her well in life. Congratulations!</p>
<p>ugh, no mail today!! next is 8 am tomorrow.</p>
<p>D got the F&M acceptance (quite the reach for her) but we won’t know anything about FA until we send in the final tax forms, still waiting for ONE piece of information before our returns can be finalized, and schools for the most part have been very patient, but probably won’t be much longer…warned the attorney a long time ago that I needed that piece early this year because we were applying for FA, but it fell on deaf ears…(pops another Tums)</p>
<p>2blue - maybe it had to do with the custom prom favor order that they royally messed up last year, but I think anyone can sign up ([My</a> M&M’s® - Personalized Chocolate Candy Messages](<a href=“http://www.mymms.com%5DMy”>http://www.mymms.com)). I grew up not far from M&M/Mars, driving into town you can smell the chocolate!</p>
<p>D congrats on F&M!! that is very exciting. d has lots of friends going there and they are very happy! good luck on the FA.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you whose kids have heard and best of luck to those still waiting. The waiting never gets any easier, no matter how many times you go through it. I’ve been through the undergrad wait five times and the grad school wait three times so far, with one still in undergrad left to go. D2 is an actor and did not go to grad school so didn’t put us through that but with the way her chosen career onstage works, it’s like an admissions process time after time after time. :)</p>
<p>I have a pot of homemade soup on the stove and lots of sandwich fixings, raw veggies, deviled eggs, and a fruit salad waiting for dinner tonight. My H has been out of town and he’ll be home later than usual so I wanted something easy to get on the table for when he arrives. I also made a batch of peanut butter cookies today from a recipe I got years ago from my grandmother. While going through my recipes today, I found it and enjoyed seeing her handwriting on the well-worn index card. The baking made the house smell really nice. So, if anyone would like a bowl of soup or a warm cookie, I’m happy to share!</p>
<p>D is accepted and excited about Whitman and Lewis & Clark–but in her heart of hearts still hoping and yearning for Pitzer. She’s so anxious, and I’m trying to calm her down without getting her hopes up too high. They’ve only accepted around 20% this year.</p>
<p>Pass the chocolate-chip cookies…</p>
<p>Deviled eggs!! I love them, how do you make them? I add smoked salmon to them sometimes, so good.</p>
<p>Fell asleep from 10 to 1… always a bad thing.</p>
<p>It is so fun to hear everyone’s good news.</p>
<p>alwaysamom: Thanks for the pb cookies.I know what you mean about your grandmother’s handwriting on the index card. I have some of my grandmother’s recipe books. Her penmanship was so beautiful. I wonder what our grandkids will have to remember us… maybe some bulletin board posts?</p>
<p>I just started a batch of bread dough for sticky buns in the morning. Maybe some omelets would be good while we wait for the Saturday mail?</p>
<p>crm86, I could use the omelet now and have actually been contemplating going downstairs to get food. Lets face it dinner was a long time ago! and sushi is just not that filling for too long.</p>
<p>D set her alarm for 7:45 for 8 am decision. she is going to the post office at 9;30 to intercept mail before it leaves on truck, since it won’t get here until 2. Gonna be a long weekend.</p>
<p>Is your S as crazy as my D??</p>
<p>and the day begins. D waitlisted.</p>
<p>Oh, I just stopped by to talk about waitlists. It looks like this is really going to be the year of the waitlist (I know, people have been saying that for months), so the vigil will be so long and drawn out… I was trying to think of something nice to do for the vigil since I had the year off for college apps, so I ordered a four-month membership to Chocolate of the Month club to be delivered here. The March box should come right away and the April, May, and June boxes will come soon.
[Featured</a> Chocolates Month by Month](<a href=“http://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/chocfeatured/yearsummary/default.asp?productid=400&year=2008]Featured”>http://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/chocfeatured/yearsummary/default.asp?productid=400&year=2008)
And I will PRAY that all waitlisted seniors know where they are going by June, and that in May or June they and their families are excited about roommates and registering for fall classes.</p>
<p>4Giggles, I know it’s going to be a long day. I am sorry - in some ways it is almost worse than a rejection. We are still waiting on four schools but are not real optimistic. I am going to prescribe lots of chocolate for you. We need Owlice to prepare something fabulous for us once again- we’re running out of steam!</p>
<p>So what is it - ow, lice! or owl ice?? Inquiring minds want to know. (I just thought I’d add some levity to the vigil…)
Sorry, 4giggles. Quite a few of D’s friends applied to Midd, she hasn’t gotten any celebratory phone calls yet.</p>